Network Rail said once engineers had removed the mud, rubble and debris and made the line safe, trains would resume at a reduced speed.

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At a construction site in China, however, he once illustrated a concept for a client by stacking up a few bricks and scratching lines in the mud.

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In the car park, twisted chunks of mud-covered metal lie at odd angles - what were once hard-saved-for cars, swept and up and smashed by the force of the blast that destroyed the building.

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